it is with great sadness that I wish to share the following information, kindly transmitted by Prof. Kazumasa Wakamatsu, President of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR):
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of JSPCR members, I am very sad to inform you that Professor Emeritus Yutaka Mishima of Kobe University passed away yesterday. He was 87 years old. He successively held the first president of IFPCS (1990-1993) and also the first president of JSPCR. He made a significant contribution to the society. I would like to say my sincere condolence for his death. It is very sad, but he lived a full and vibrant life indeed.
Best wishes,
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
President of JSPCR
Prof. Yutaka Mishima hosted the International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC) in Kobe (Japan) in 1990 and was also Honorary Member of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR)
May he rest in peace.
Lluis Montoliu
Treasurer and Webmaster of IFPCS, on behalf of the IFPCS Council
A great loss to Pigment Cell Research. Certainly Dr. Mishima has made impressive contributions to Pigment Cell Research, and to the Federation as well.
My condolences to his family and to members of the JSPCR,
very sad to learn about this. I would like to express my most sincere condolences. I had occasion to meet professor Mishima during his visit in Naples and appreciated his high interest in science and great energy. Indeed a great loss to all the pigment cell community and our Federation.
All my condolences and sympathies for the japanese and world pigment cell community. Prof. Mishima was really an excepcional and unforgottable person. Full of activity and great scientific leader.
I am saddened to learn of Prof. Mishima’s passing. I remember him well, from his visit to Prof. King and myself in the USA, and from the IPCC in Kobe. He will be missed.
With thanks,
Rich
Richard A. Spritz, M.D.
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The developmental biologist Beatrice Mintz passed on Jan 3, 2022 at the age of 100. Blanche Chapel @DukeCellBiology who worked with her, has written this obituary in @dev_journal on the professional career of this extraordinary woman in science.
https://t.co/A2o3BPAN3X
Kudos to Brian Brooks and his team at @NatEyeInstitute @NIH for establishing iPS-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells from oculocutaneous (OCA1 and OCA2) #albinism patients. Study published in @stemcellreports
@ALBA_albinismo @NOAHAlbinism @HPSNetwork
https://t.co/JgJjkg8B0U
I began investigating the DNA regulatory elements of mouse Tyr gene thanks to a paper from Beatrice Mintz’s lab in 1991 that put us in the right track to find out the 5’ boundary element of this locus. Hence, her work was essential for my scientific career.
I am most thankful🐭 https://t.co/TjVV81e3Am
Beatrice Mintz (1921-2022) just passed away. She was a giant of mouse developmental biology and the mentor of outstanding researchers such as Lionel Larue @EuSPCR @institut_curie who informed us and provided this tribute by Jon Chernoff @FoxChaseCancer
https://t.co/bfYSR1YCRC
We had a fantastic 2021 1-day ESPCR online meeting with 33 great talks lostly from our younger researchers in the field. Some of them are captured in this group picture. Thanks to all speakers and >135 participants who attended online for the entire day. And congratulations Mauro
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